Marian University

BIO 214

1)Helicobacter pylori causes:

2. Rickettsia ricketssii causes:

3. The causative agent of Lyme disease is:

4. Erythema migrans, a bull’s-eye rash, at the portal of entry is associated with:

5. Cirrhosis of the liver is a                                                     from long term alcoholism.

6. A microorganism that does not have catalase or superoxide dismutase would find it difficult to live in an environment with                                                                                                                  .

7. When microbes live independently but cooperate and share nutrients allowing both organisms to benefit, it is called                                                                                                                                 .

8. Inanimate object that harbors and transmits a pathogen is a:

9. A patient with the flu has a/an                                                            infection, since it will resolve in approximately 10 days.

10. What term would best describe the avian influenza outbreak, when it spreads from Texas to Georgia and has higher than the normal expected illnesses?

11. Local edema, swollen lymph nodes, fever, soreness, and abscesses are indications of:

12. A laboratory technologist splashed a blood specimen onto his face, eyes, nose, and mouth. This specimen was from an HIV positive patient. If